Garbage-Goby (Fish): I am not sure how long this will last – but we found ourselves a pretty nice pad!
I can`t believe our luck – this place was fully furnished too: toxic pollutants, algal bloom and few neighbours to deal with – except for the phytoplankton and zebra mussels. I mean you see a few lake trout now and then, but let`s just say we encouraged them to take a hike!
We are not a picky like the snooty trout when it comes to food – any plankton or smaller fish will do – especially the polluted kind –full of PCBs, our digestive systems are made for this stuff!
We are tough when it comes to living on the harsh shores of the Toronto waterfront – if it is not runoff, sewage or acid rain – we are running directly into garbage! It is a good thing we have a solid bony exterior.
Uh oh! Here comes trouble, better go hide behind that clump of zebra mussels over there!
Toothy tern (bird): If I have to eat one more gros Garbage Goby!?!? I know we developed teeth for this, but boy do I miss the good old days, where gums were all we had, but we could swallow those mouth-watering trout whole! Now we have to gnash through bone!
Most of my toothless friends are gone – to look for cleaner pastures, but I guess I am developing a taste for you – gros Goby!
But you know – I am not sure those dumb Gobies have noticed – I spotted one of those stuck up Walleye fish the other day, you know, the kind that only like to be in clean water, as if! Anyway, to me that is a sure sign of a serious clean-up! I think the Garbage Gobies’ time here is limited.
All the new fancy pants humans moving into the surrounding Lakefront neighbourhoods are always talking about the clean-up efforts.
The water is getting clearer, and there is less and less for those stinky, bony Gobies to eat. They will find themselves having to go and find food elsewhere, guess that means I will too!
Or I could become a vegetarian. Or better still -wait it out, Gobies are a little less stinky these days! I think this lake is making a come-back and it won’t be long before I am making little use of my teeth, tasting numerous lovely lake trout again . . . in the meantime I will have to wait for that Goby to move away from his hiding spot – a bird has got to eat!
pretty nice pad!
I can`t believe our luck – this place was fully furnished too: toxic
pollutants, algal bloom and few neighbours to deal with – except
for the phytoplankton and zebra mussels. I mean you see a few
lake trout now and then, but let`s just say we encouraged them
to take a hike!
We are not a picky like the snooty trout when it comes to food –
any plankton or smaller fish will do – especially the polluted kind
–full of PCBs, our digestive systems are made for this stuff!
We are tough when it comes to living on the harsh shores of the
Toronto waterfront – if it is not runoff, sewage or acid rain – we
are running directly into garbage! It is a good thing we have a
solid bony exterior.
Uh oh! Here comes trouble, better go hide behind that clump of
zebra mussels over there!
Toothy tern (bird):
If I have to eat one more gros Garbage Goby!?!? I know we
developed teeth for this, but boy do I miss the good old days,
where gums were all we had, but we could swallow those
mouth-watering trout whole! Now we have to gnash through
bone!
Most of my toothless friends are gone – to look for cleaner
pastures, but I guess I am developing a taste for you – gros
Goby!
It helps that I have a serious internal scrubber system, so I am
not accumulating all the baggage these fish bring with them
(bioaccumulation of industrial waste, chemicals, agricultural
fertilizers, untreated sewage, phosphates, DDT, benzo[//a//]pyrene
and other pesticides; PCBs, aramite, chromium, lead, mirex,
mercury, and carbon tetrachloride) – real tasty!
But you know – I am not sure those dumb Gobies have noticed –
I spotted one of those stuck up Walleye fish the other day, you
know, the kind that only like to be in clean water, as if! Anyway,
to me that is a sure sign of a serious clean-up! I think the
Garbage Gobies’ time here is limited.
All the new fancy pants humans moving into the surrounding
Lakefront neighbourhoods are always talking about the clean-up
efforts.
The water is getting clearer, and there is less and less for those
stinky, bony Gobies to eat. They will find themselves having to
go and find food elsewhere, guess that means I will too!
Or I could become a vegetarian. Or better still -wait it out,
Gobies are a little less stinky these days! I think this lake is
making a come-back and it won’t be long before I am making
little use of my teeth, tasting numerous lovely lake trout again . . .
in the meantime I will have to wait for that Goby to move away
from his hiding spot – a bird has got to eat!
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